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40% of students in the country have more than 2 hours of video time, and nearly 10% of myopic students are highly myopic

author:Southern Metropolis Daily

Nandu News trainee reporter Song Lingyan sent from Beijing On October 26, the Ministry of Education held a regular press conference to introduce the comprehensive prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents by relevant departments since August 2018.

40% of students in the country have more than 2 hours of video time, and nearly 10% of myopic students are highly myopic

Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission.

At the meeting, Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission, introduced that in the past three years, the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents has achieved certain results, the early onset of myopia in students has been alleviated to a certain extent, and the proportion of low-grade myopia developing into moderate and high myopia has decreased. However, there are still many difficulties in prevention and control work.

First, the problem of myopia and young age is still prominent. Monitoring in 2020 shows that the myopia rate of 6-year-old children across the country exceeds 9%, and the highest reaches 19.1%.

Second, the proportion of students with high myopia is still high. In 2020, nearly 10% of myopic students in the country are highly myopic, and the proportion increases with the increase of grade. Among 6-year-olds in kindergarten, 1.5% are highly myopic, compared with 17.6% in high school.

Third, the risk factors of myopia are still widespread. Monitoring in 2020 shows that 60% of students across the country still spend less than 2 hours outdoors every day, and 40% of students spend more than 2 hours on video. In addition, factors such as substandard classroom lighting and unqualified height of desks and chairs have also adversely affected the prevention and control of myopia.

Fourth, parents' cognition still needs to be improved. At present, parents still lack a correct understanding of the harm of myopia in children and adolescents and the importance of prevention and control work, and have not yet given full play to the role of guidance and supervision.

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